List of Cartographers - 20th Century

20th Century

  • Erik Arnberger (1917–1987)
  • Jacques Bertin (France, 1918–2010)
  • Roger Brunet (1931– )
  • Bernard J. S. Cahill (1867–1944) – Inventor of octahedral "Butterfly Map" of the world
  • George Comer (1858–1937)
  • James Ireland Craig (1868–1952) – Inventor of the Craig retroazimuthal projection, otherwise known as the Mecca projection
  • John Paul Goode (1862–1932) – Created the "Evil Mercator" and Goode’s World Atlas
  • Max Eckert-Greifendorff (Germany, 1868–1938)
  • Hermann Haack (Germany, 1872–1966)
  • Günther Hake (1922–2000)
  • Richard Edes Harrison (1901–1994)
  • Tom Harrisson (1911–1976)
  • Eduard Imhof (1895–1986) – Oversaw the Schweizerischer Mittelschulatlas, the atlas used in Swiss high schools from 1932 until 1976
  • George F. Jenks (1916–1996)
  • Elrey Borge Jeppesen (1907–1996)
  • Edgar Lehmann (1905–1990)
  • John P. Snyder (1926–1997) – Developed the space oblique mercator projection
  • Rudi Ogrissek (1926–1999)
  • Rafael Palacios (1905–1993) – prolific map-drawer for major U.S. publishers
  • Arno Peters (1916–2002) – Developed the Gall–Peters projection
  • Erwin Raisz (1893–1968)
  • Arthur H. Robinson (1915–2004) – Wrote the influential textbook Elements of Cartography and developed the Robinson projection
  • William R. Shepherd (1871–1934)
  • John C. Sherman (1916–1996)
  • Jessamine Shumate (1902–1990)
  • Marie Tharp (1920–2006) – oceanographic cartographer
  • Bradford Washburn (1910–2007)
  • David Woodward (1942–2004)

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